Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or AVUV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and AVUV +25.1%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or AVUV?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWX and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of AVUV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to AVUV's +25.1%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $17.9bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF and $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.8 points; AVUV is 1.8 times larger.

ACWX vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	AVUV
Return
Measure	ACWX	AVUV
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+25.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	AVUV
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	AVUV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	AVUV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$32.1bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	AVUV
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	7.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 368 weekly returns

ACWX AVUV

Return

Total return edge AVUV +95.1% +180.4%

Annualized edge AVUV +9.9% +15.7%

Price return edge AVUV +61.3% +150.6%

Risk

Volatility edge ACWX 18.1% 27.5%

Max drawdown edge ACWX −33.2% −48.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVUV 0.45 0.56

Sortino edge AVUV 0.64 0.82

Calmar edge AVUV (slight) 0.30 0.32

Reading

AVUV returned more: +180.4% to +95.1%. ACWX swung less: 18.1% to 27.5%. ACWX fell less at its worst: −33.2% to −48.5%.

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Risk and return: ACWX vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	AVUV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+95.1%	+180.4%	AVUV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+9.9%	+15.7%	AVUV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+61.3%	+150.6%	AVUV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	27.5%	ACWX	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.9%	18.9%	ACWX	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−33.2%	−48.5%	ACWX	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.45	0.56	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.64	0.82	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.30	0.32	AVUV (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 368 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and AVUV hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWX AVUV

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.18% 0.25%

UCB SA 0.11% 0.18%

KONINKLIJKE AHOLD DELHAIZE 0.09% 0.08%

ORANGE SA 0.08% 0.18%

ERSTE GROUP BANK AG 0.10% 0.06%

FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDING LTD 0.04% 0.09%

TERNA RETE ELETTRICA NAZIONALE 0.04% 0.35%

VALTERRA PLATINUM LTD 0.05% 0.04%

ABSA GROUP 0.03% 0.13%

ORION CLASS B 0.03% 0.06%

SIGMA HEALTHCARE 0.03% 0.62%

COMMERZBANK AG 0.07% 0.02%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.07%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.19%

ASML HOLDING 1.77%

SK HYNIX 1.56%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.95%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.85%

SHELL 0.84%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%

Only in AVUV

MATSON INC COMMON STOCK 0.99%

GATX CORP COMMON STOCK USD.625 0.89%

ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.79%

LYFT INC A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.77%

MACY S INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.77%

MURPHY OIL CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.73%

SKYWEST INC COMMON STOCK 0.73%

VIASAT INC COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.72%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Avantis

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +25.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +21.1% (IWN)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.0 pts vs IWN

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1939 791

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $32.1bn

ACWX and AVUV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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ACWX and AVUV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. ACWX follows MSCI ACWI ex USA Index and AVUV follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ACWX returned +14.3% and AVUV +25.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 10.8 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

ACWX

ACWX tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S.. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,939 positions, with the top ten at 15.6%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

AVUV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested, against +21.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value.

AVUV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 791 positions, with the top ten at 7.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or AVUV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and AVUV +25.1%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or AVUV?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of AVUV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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